The locals beat Querétaro 2-0 with a beautiful Chilean from the attacker and a goal from Nicolás Ibáñez
The result places them third in the table, behind Puebla and Toluca
The Colombian Avilés Hurtado scored an elegant Chilean goal and put in an assist to lead this Monday the Pachuca’s victory, 2-0 over Querétaro, at the close of the first day of the Apertura 2022 tournament of Mexican soccer. The Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez, with his right leg after a Hurtado service, gave Pachuca an advantage in the 25th minute, who finished the victory in the 58th minute with a clean Chilean by the Colombian. Pachuca, led by the Uruguayan Guillermo Almada, showed a good level of football and confirmed that they were one of the candidates to enter the dispute for the title, after having played the final of the last Clausura, which they lost to Atlas. The team stood up well in its stadium, dominated the midfield and had the strength to be one of the six winning teams on the first date of the tournament, one of the three that won by difference of two goals, after the Puebla 2-4Friday, and 1-3 Toluca over Necaxaon Saturday, who top the table for most goals scored.
In the first duel of the championship, the Puebla of the Argentine strategist Nicolás Larcamón won at Mazatlán with goals from the Venezuelan Fernando Aristeguieta and the Mexicans Israel Reyes, Martín Barragán and Amaury Escoto. The Venezuelan Eduard Bello and Gabriel López scored for Mazatlán. For its part, Toluca, one of the best-reinforced teams in the tournament, beat Necaxa with goals from Uruguayan Leonardo Fernández, Chilean Valber Huerta and Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo.
In one of the most anticipated duels of the weekend, the Mexican Santiago Giménez scored a penalty in the 93rd minute and on Saturday gave Cruz Azul a 2-3 victory over Tigres UANL. Uruguayan coach Diego Aguirre’s Blues prevailed with goals from Giménez, Rafael Baca and Paraguayan Ángel Romero, while the locals discounted through Frenchman Florian Thauvin and Mexican Sebastián Córdoba. The champion Atlas drew goalless at America’s home in another long-awaited match. with the same result Chivas de Guadalajara matched in his stadium with Juarez FC.
In two Sunday duels with emotional endings, the Argentine Lucas Di Yorio hit the Leon a 1-2 victory over San Luis and the Uruguayan Brian Lozano scored a penalty to give the Santos a 4-3 win over Rayados de Monterrey. In the other duel of the day, the Brazilian Diogo De Oliveira scored the goal with which the Pumas UNAM tied this Sunday 1-1 with the Xolos de Tijuana.
The second day will be played next weekend with the following matches:
Friday 08.07: Mazatlán-Tigres UANL, Puebla-Santos Laguna and Tijuana-Juárez FC.
Saturday 09.07: Guadalajara-San Luis, León-Pumas UNAM, Cruz Azul-Pachuca and Monterrey-America.
Sunday 10.07: Toluca-Atlas and Querétaro-Necaxa.